Community Pharmacies will now be exempt for Requirement 319 of the Information Governance Toolkit.
It has been confirmed that an exemption has now been applied to Requirement 319 for community pharmacies whilst on-going funding negotiations continue. The exemption will be applied to Version 11 assessments that have already been submitted.
Contractors should have entered Level 2 attainment against Requirement 319 and added the text ‘Exempt as still under negotiation’ in the General Comments. The remaining requirements should have been reviewed and updated as usual, and the assessment should have been published.
Requirement 319 will need to be completed in version 12 of the Toolkit (scheduled release date June 2014) and PSNC will provide business continuity materials to assist pharmacy contractors to comply with the business continuity planning requirement by 31 March 2015.
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